Tuesday 26 February 2013

'The Mighty Book' Tuesday 26 February 2013




At 10am Abi Marlowe and Gareth James will be discussing Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel 'A Clockwork Orange'.

At 11am Dan McNiell and Harry Kingscott, co-directors of the Exeter University Theatre Company production of 'A Clockwork Orange' will be in the studio with their assistant producer Megan Bloomfield for a discussion of their play with Luch Càise-Dearg.



Exeter University Theatre Company
"Music & Drama/Debating Room,
(M&D Room), Devonshire House
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Thursday-Saturday 14-16 March 7.30pm
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Directors: Dan McNiell & Harry Kingscott
(hear their interview on Abi Marlowe's 'Mighty Book'
     Phonic FM Tuesday 26 February 10-12am)
Tickets: £5 - to book, email rg298@exeter.ac.uk


Monday 25 February 2013

A thrilling week of music ahead in Exeter/Devon Tuesday 26 February-Tuesday 5 March

Richard Alston
The Return of
Richard Alston Dance Company
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Tue/Wed 26/27 February 7.30pm
NEW BALLET TO CLASSIC THEMES
"Madcap" (Bang on a Can All-Stars - NY)
"Buzzing Round the Hunnisuccle" (Jo Kondo)
- 'Isthmus' = rapid light rhythms
- 'Hunnisuccle' = calm hushed chords
"The Devil in the Detail" (Scott Joplin)
- 'Maple Leaf Rag' &' The Entertainer'
Tickets: £10.50-£18.50 (student £8)
Northcott Box Office 01392 493493
Northcott website  Richard Alston website




piano: Michèle Banting
baritone: Iain McDonald
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 February 12.30am
PIANO & BARITONE
piano: Michèle Banting
baritone: Iain McDonald
Admission FREE









Griselda Sanderson
Nyckelharpa
Villages in Action
The Red Lion Shobrooke
Wednesday 27 February 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF BLUES
Violin: Amadou Diagne
Nyckelharpa: Griselda Sanderson
Tickets: £6
details Leslie Hampson 01363 775468
Amadou & Griselda's Facebook page








Marion Wood conducts
Exeter Music Group
Symphony Orchestra
EMG Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School, Exeter
Thursday 28 February 7.30pm
for the SPRING CONCERT
Celebrating Russian Music
(Exeter Cathedral - Thursday 25 April 7.30pm)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sergei Rachmaninov: Die Toteninsel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony
All are welcome - especially school groups!
Orchestra website







James MacMillan

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 28 February 7.30pm
EASTER FESTIVAL
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto 4
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music
James MacMillan: The World's Ransoming
conductor: James Macmillan
Piano soloist: Juho Pohjonen

Pre-Concert Talk 6.40-7.10pm
Juho Pohjonen
(Andrew Burn in the Peter Chalk Centre)

Tickets: £12-36
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online

BSO website









Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Studio 6, Dartington Space
Saturday 2 March 9.30am-5.30pm
& Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 3 March 9.30am-5.30pm
BACH'S ST MATTHEW PASSION
- a weekend workshop -
conductor: Jonathan Watts
160 voice choir & full orchestra
Price: £45
Information and booking:
workshop@dartington-community-choir.co.uk





Alex Blanchard conducts
the University Clarinet Choir
(Christmas 2012)
Exeter University Clarinet Choir
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel
Exeter University Streatham Campus
Saturday 2 March 4pm
A joint Spring Concert with
The Peninsula Clarinet Choir
Conductor: Alex Blanchard
Tickets: £2






Marimba: Edward Scull


Isca Orchestra & Edward Scull
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Egmont' Overture
Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Marimba & Strings
(Special Guest: Edward Scull - marimba)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 7
Tickets: £12/£10 (student £5)
advance booking: 01395 514516
Isca Website






St David's Church, Exeter
Exeter Chamber Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
PRAISE AND GLORY
Antonio Vivaldi: 'Gloria'
George F Handel: 'Dixit Dominus'
Johannes S Bach: Viola da Gamba
Sonata in G minor (Andrew Gillett)
String orchestra with oboe & trumpet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £12 (student £6 child FREE)
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813014
online booking form
Choir website






Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie

Nonclassical
Knightley Hall, Streatham Drive
Exeter University Campus
Sunday 3 March 1pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
- AN OPEN WORKSHOP
Bring your own instruments and join:
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Tickets: £5 - for workshop and
evening performance (see below - 8pm)
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066
emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog






Rachel Smith & Schola Exe
Schola Exe
Exeter Cathedral Quire
Sunday 3 March 2pm
mixed 40 minute recital with the
Cathedral Choir Choral Scholars
Admission: FREE
retiring collection

Schola Exe website



Orlando Jopling
'Cello Pilgimage
St Michael & All Angels Alphington
Sunday 3 March 6pm
'cello: Orlando Jopling
[Oralndo has now given over 75 recitals of Bach's Suites for solo 'cello around the country, thrilling his audiences and halping to raise £55,000 for restoration of their churches. He has been invited to play at St Michael's in aid of the Reordering Appeal, aas the facilities of this lovely mediaeval church badly need updating.
He is musical director fo the 140-year-old Royal Orchestral Society in London and has also conducted the English Chamber Orchestra both in the recording studio and on the concert platform, London Mozart PlayersIrish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has conducted over 25 opera productions and co-founded Stanley Hall Opera and contemporary opera specialist 'Tête à Tête'.]

J S Bach: D & G major 'Cello Suites
John Barber: 'Cello Songs
Doors open 5.45pm
Wine and refreshments provided
Tickets: £8 (2 tickets £15)
Juliet Meadowcroft 01392 490963
meadowcroft42@btinternet.com







Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie
Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 3 March 8pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
DJ sets by Michael Brailey
Tickets: £5
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066

emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog








Coffee House Players
City Gate Cellar Bar
Tuesday-Saturday 5-9 March 7.30pm
'PRIME' (based on 'Delicatessen')
Tickets: £5 from 'Eventbrite'
Coffee House Players Facebook page

Thursday 21 February 2013

Casting our minds back: Nickol, Beethoven, Dvořák Exeter University Symphony Orchestra Mint Methodist Tuesday 11 December 2012

The fabulous Exeter University Symphony Orchestra
Mint Methodist Church, Fore Street, Exeter
President: Milly Bowen
Leader: Jenny Rogers
Conductor: Dr Richard Gonsky
Composer: Peter Nickol
"Commuter"
Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D
Leader: Sarah Nicholls
Violin: Ofer Falk
. . . was amazing!
another very special soloist . . .
Dvořák's 'New World Symphony'
Cor Anglais: Sammie Buzzard
Tumultuous Applause!!!

Classical Journey on Tuesday 21st February 2013 Two forthcoming concerts: The St Peter's Singers Exeter Cathedral Friday 8 March, Nonclassical with Exeter Contemporary Sounds, Exeter Bikeshed Theatre Sunday 3 March

Soprano Mary O'Shea
(photo: Cecil Hatfield)

I WAS GLAD (St Peter's Singers, Friday 8th March)

Many thanks to soprano, Mary O'Shea, for a very interesting interview on Phonic FM about the forthcoming concert by the St Peter's Singers under David Davies at Exeter Cathedral on Friday 8th March.

We heard recordings of some of the music the St Peter's Singers will be singing on Friday 8th. The recording of 'Zadok the Priest' was from 'An Evening of Handel' at Buckfast Abbey with the Counterpoint Choir last year (and included in that choir was Mary herself). We also heard a recording of Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus' by the Stockholm Chorus (details in very small print, which only Mary could read).

At 10.30 we had a lovely sonata by Luigi Boccherini. (It was his 260th birthday.) The phone lines and email were somewhat flooded by messages from internet listeners who had not been able to hear Mary's interview.
Mary very kindly repeated all the information for us - and added a few extra interesting details. What a star!


Devon's Young Composer of the Year
Michael Brailey
Nonclassical Coordinator
Rebecca Willson


Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 3rd March
featuring Exeter Contemporary Sounds


Forewarned and forearmed, the guests for the second half of the programme were able to make themselves heard by using the presenter microphone. The presenter meanwhile made himself heard by a little 'projecting'!

Musicians and composers Michael Brailey and Rebecca Willson were in the studio to discuss their exciting contemporary live music project, in conjunction with Gabriel Prokofiev in London, 'Nonclassical'. We heard about the broader work of 'Joined Up Thinking Projects' and their connection with Fiona McLean-Buechel, who is the Creative Director of 'South West Camarata' (and helping to support the development of 'Emerging Music Leaders').

'The Locrian Quartet plus two'
Michael Brailey, Fiona McLean, Rebecca Willson,
Melanie Lester, Hannah Willson, Suzanna Stevenson.
(the man at the back is involved in a lively game of 'Monopoly'!)

We listened to two pieces for sextet which were played by the 'Locrian Quartet', plus two, at the very first Exeter Nonclassical night on 2nd October 2011 - Michael's own compositions 'Prokingrass' and 'Figures are bound to emerge'. (Hear Michael's music on 'Soundcloud'.)

The title of the second track was a quote from Jackson Pollock's description of his own work:

"I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge."

Michael discussed the excitement of being involved in the 'Young Composer' competition, and his new exciting venture. He has been accepted onto the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain composer's programme.

Emma Welton
'Between the Moon and the Earth'
In between those two tracks we enjoyed Simon Belshaw's 'Between the Moon and the Earth' - a fabulous multi-media composition with sounds from the Apollo 8 mission mixed with midi piano recordings - and a live overlay by the 'Exeter Contemporary Sounds' quartet of Emma Welton, Julie Hill, Andrew Gillett and Jane Pyrie. For over ten minutes we basked in the eerily evocative sound of astronauts in space in 1968.

We also heard some of Rebecca's own music. We toyed with the idea of 'Solgata' by Rolf Hind, with whom Rebecca has worked in the past. Rebecca discussed the various ways in which the piano is 'prepared' for a performance of Solgata. (All of which were demonstrated by Rebecca at her recital in Knightley Seminar Room at Exeter University on 21st November last year.)



Who could forget . . .
piano: Rebecca Willson
Rebecca Willson
Knightley Seminar Room, Exeter University
Wednesday 21 November 3.30pm
A SELECTION OF TWENTIETH
CENTURY PIANO WORKS
Rolf Hind: "Solgata"
Paul McGuire: "Scatter/Gather"
George Crumb: "Five Pieces for Piano"
Jonathan Harvey: "Tombeau de Messiaen"
Admission FREE - with tea and cake!





In the end we chose the wonderful 'Tombeau de Messiaen' by Jonathan Harvey. The combination of a recording ('tape') of twelve differently tuned pianos and Rebecca's incredibly skilled live overlay created an amazing array of acoustic effects. Microtonal discords produced thrilling resonances, and Rebecca's part alone was incredible to hear. Chord sequences without any convenient repeating pattern or rhythm, getting louder in one hand and simultaneously softer in the other. She has played this at Nonclassical, and at Knightley, looking relaxed and confident, but this is a real work of virtuoso skill - and sounds it.

Exeter Contemporary Sounds
'Diff'rent Trains' at Queen's Theatre Barnstaple
Finally we heard another piece by Exeter Contemporary Sounds - 'Diff'rent Trains' by Steve Reich. Once again recorded sound is combined with the live sound of the string quartet. The voices of railway announcers are sampled and the precise melody of their voices reproduced on the instruments. The 'echo' in the strings was so accurate that it was hard to tell the two apart.

And that was the main import of Michael and Rebecca's message on Tuesday morning: Exeter Contemporary Sounds will be at the Bikeshed Theatre in Fore Street, Exeter on Sunday 3rd March to play 'Diff'rent Trains' in full. The performance will be during the Nonclassical night (8-11pm) - probably at about 9pm. There will also be a workshop with Exeter Contemporary Sounds from 1pm - also in the Bikeshed.

Anyone is welcome to bring their instrument(s), or any objects with which they can make musical sounds, and join in with these star-quality professionals. There is even the option to take part in the live performance in the evening as well.

The cost? The Nonclassical evening at the Bikeshed Theatre costs £5 admission (on the door, or book in advance at the Bikeshed Box Office, tel. 434169) The workshop also costs £5 to attend, and workshop members attend the evening performance free.

There will be three sets in the evening, so in addition to the Exeter Contemporary Sounds quartet, there will be two other great acts before and after them. The Locrian Quartet might be involved - perhaps Ruth Molins with her flute (listen out for Ruth's live performance on 'Classical Journey' on 5th March!) Rebecca will confirm details soon - Watch this space!

Just to recap . . .

Sir Hubert Parry
"I was glad"
St Peter's Singers &
Exeter Cathedral Chamber Orchestra
Exeter Cathedral
Friday 8 March 7.30pm
Spring Choral Concert:
"I WAS GLAD"
Sir Hubert Parry: 'I was glad'
(1902 - coronation anthem -Psalm 122
used at Prince William's wedding)
George Frideric Handel: 'Zadok the Priest'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Ave Verum Corpus'
Tickets: £8 (child £1)
Cathedral Shop: 01392 271354 & online


Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie
Nonclassical

Knightley Hall, Streatham Drive
Exeter University Campus

Sunday 3 March 1pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
- AN OPEN WORKSHOP
Bring your own instruments and join:
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Tickets: £5 - for workshop and
evening performance (see below - 8pm)
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066
emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog

Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 3 March 8pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
DJ sets by Michael Brailey
Tickets: £5
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066

emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog


POWDERHAM CASTLE - Concert on Friday 8 March An Evening of French Baroque Music - An exciting Press Release from Kapellmeister George Pratt

The Coat of Arms of King Louis XIV of France
(D'Azure, trois fleurs de lis)
with the cry of the French Kings
"Montjoie Saint Denis!"


To all Friends of the 1769 Powderham Castle Organ Restoration Fund

Our next concert is of profoundly alluring music yet it’s relatively little known. We’ve entitled the programme:

The Musical Splendour of the French Courts of Louis XIV and XV
*********
It’s on Friday 8th March at 7.30pm, in the James Wyatt Music Room of the Castle

Everyone has heard of the German Bach, of the adopted Englishman Handel, and of the Italian who plays to us every time we are left waiting on the phone – Vivaldi. But curiously, French composers of the 18th century are much less familiar to most audiences.

We’re planning to redress the balance in this concert. The programme has been devised by Josie Walledge, a soprano well known to all of you who came to Messiah and to Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri among last year’s concerts.  She has focused on François Couperin, the greatest French composer of his age. He lived and worked in Paris, appointed to the court of the all-powerful King Louis XIV.

The centre-piece of the concert will be ‘Three Readings for Holy Week’, exquisitely passionate music for two sopranos and an instrumental bass part with harpsichord or organ.  Each one starts with a magical meditation on the first letter of the Hebrew text, breathtakingly beautiful, and perfect for the intimate 18th century setting at Powderham.

Josie together with soprano Louise Hardy will be accompanied by Clare Garton-Sprenger, cello, and myself, harpsichord and organ. We’ll also be playing a French cello sonata by Boismortier and two captivating ‘Rondeaux’ for harpsichord, the opening music coming round again and again to haunt the ear.

As usual, I would be most grateful for all the help you can offer me as I publicise the concert largely on my own.  The most useful assistance is for you to print off one or more copies of the attached concert details to put up in local shops, post offices, churches, public notice-boards, and anywhere else you can think of.

Tickets are again £14, and we’re continuing our drive to encourage the next generation of listeners by offering the first 10 student tickets FREE.  ‘Students’ include any young people in full- or nearly full-time education, at school, college or university.  

All ‘Friends’ have priority booking.

For you, tickets will be available from this coming Monday, 4
th February.
(They will go on public sale a week later.)

Ring Powderham Castle (01626 890243) for tickets.

I look forward to seeing you there.





The Trustees of
the 1769 Powderham Castle Organ Restoration Fund
present

The Musical Splendour of
the French Courts
of Louis XIV and XV

François Couperin

Trois Leçons de Ténèbres

and music by Clérambault,
Boismortier & Charpentier

Josie Walledge                 Soprano
Louise Hardy                   Soprano
Clare Garton-Sprenger        Cello
George Pratt               Harpsichord
                                               / organ

The James Wyatt Music Room
Friday, 8th March 2013 at 7.30pm
Tickets £14.00
from Powderham Castle: 01626 890243
FREE tickets for the first 10 student to apply

With generous sponsorship from TOTAL Event Hire, Newton Abbot

Glenorchy Church Wednesday Lunchtime Concerts UPDATED DETAILS - including March concerts Exeter Road, Exmouth 12.30 start, FREE admission


Since this post was published on 3rd January,
the dates for March have been arranged.
- and an error has been spotted -
Tim Othen is booked for 20th March (not February).

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
2013
Piano: Josephine Pickering
Clarinet: John Walthew

(see 26 Oct 2011)
JANUARY

Dorothy Ferrier &
Dorothy Worthington
(see 23 Nov 2011)
9thbaritone Arthur Trenerry
       pianist David Lee

16th: clarinettist John Walthew
         pianist Josephine Pickering

23rd: mezzo soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
         pianist: Dorothy Worthington
"Comin' Thro' the Rye"

30th: organ & piano recital: Roger Fordham
       
FEBRUARY

Michèle Banting & Iain McDonald
(see 2 Feb 2011)
6th: 'cellist: Annabel Rooney
       pianist Christopher Meech

13th: soprano: Christine Marsden
         clarinettist: Betty Shipp
          pianist: Frances Waters

20thThe Sidmouth Orchestra

27th: baritone: Iain McDonald
         pianist: Michèle Banting


MARCH

Tim Othen - 20th  March
(see 'End of Term' June 2012)
6th: piano: Frances Waters
       soprano: Val Howels

13th: piano: Dorothy Worthington
         mezzo soprano: Dorothy Ferrier
         baritone: John Brindley

20th: piano: Tim Othen
         (Ravel & Chopin - TBC)

27th: BEACON PIANO TRIO
        piano: Joyce Clarke
        violin: Anna Cockroft
        'cello: Ruth Lass

Frances Waters & Val Howels
(See 24 Nov 2010)
THE BEACON PIANO TRIO
violin: Anna Cockroft  piano: Joyce Clarke  'cello: Ruth Lass
(see 12 Oct 2011)

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Exeter Chamber Choir: "GLORIA" St David's Church Saturday 2 March 2013

Andrew Daldorph conducts
Exeter Chamber Choir


Exeter Chamber Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
PRAISE AND GLORY
Antonio Vivaldi: 'Gloria'
George F Handel: 'Dixit Dominus'
Johannes S Bach: Viola da Gamba
Sonata in G minor (Andrew Gillett)
String orchestra with oboe & trumpet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £12 (student £6 child FREE)
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813014

Monday 18 February 2013

Concerts for the next two weeks - from Tuesday 19 February 2013

Swedish guitar virtuoso Johan Löfving
performing with London based
Taiwanese flautist Yu-Wei Hu
St Paul's Church Honiton

Friday 22 February
(photograph: Mie Bruun)


Pavol Breslik is Lensky
Royal Opera House Live
Exeter Picturehouse
Wednesday 20 February 7.15pm
LIVE SCREENING:
'EUGENE ONEGIN'
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Robin Tcciati
Director: Kasper Holten
Eugene Onegin: Simon Keenlyside
Simon Keenlyside is Onegin
Tatyana: Krassimira Stoyanova
Lensky: Pavol Breslik
3 hours with interval
(full details and sample video).
Tickets: £20 / family of 4: £70
(student/60+/child/concession: £15)
Picturehouse Box Office: 0871 902 5730
Picturehouse online booking






David Norrish
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 20 February 12.30am
SIDMOUTH ORCHESTRA
Leader: David Norrish
Admission FREE


(Tim Othen will be at Glenorchy
on 20 March to play Ravel and Chopin)







Margaret Steinitz

Exeter Bach Society
St Stephen's Church Exeter
Wednesday 20 February 7pm
"J S BACH - OBEDIENT SERVANT
OR ENLIGHTENED MASTER"
speaker: Margaret Steinitz
(Artistic Director
London Bach Society)
A talk on the life and work
of Johann Sebastian Bach
Tickets: £10 (student £5)
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
Roger Churchward: 01392 468867
Exeter Bach Society website
wegottickets
full press release from EBS publicity officer:
             Juliet Meadowcroft






June Tabor & The Oysterband
June Tabor & The Oysterband
Exeter Cathedral
Thursday 21 February 7.30pm
RAGGED KINGDOM
Tickets: £13.50 - £21.50
Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080

Oysterband website





Swedish guitar virtuoso Johan Löfving
performing with London based
Taiwanese flautist Yu-Wei Hu
at Blomskogs Kyrka in Karlstad

(photograph: Mie Bruun)



Honiton Festival Lunch
St Paul's Church Honiton
Friday 22 February 1pm (lunch at 12)
guitar: Johan Löfving
flute: Yu-Wei Hu
Christoph Willibald Gluck: 'Orfeo ed Euridice'
('Dance of the blessed spirits')
Niccolò Paganini: Cantabile in D Op 17
Mauro Guiliani: Grand Duo Concertante Op 85
Fernando Sor: Fantasie Élégiaque Op 59
Franz Schubert: songs, arranged
Tickets: £9 unreserved seating
Honiton TIC: 01404 43716
see video




The Seat of the Pants Orchestra
at Exeter Phoenix
improvisating a soundtrack to
Emily Richardson's film, 'Block'
(Right foreground - Ruth Molins!)
Seat of the Pants Orchestra
Forum Alumni Auditorium Exeter University
Friday 22 February 7.30pm
Five member of the Orchestra will give a
Demonstration/Lecture on improvisation
- to films spanning the twentieth century
Admission FREE - no need to book!
Seat of the Pants website
Video of 'Pop-Up Orchestra'
Seat of the Pants 'Facebook' page
Any questions . . .
email Clare Greenall or Georgia Goodyer




The Soldier's Concert
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 23 February 7.15pm
CELEBRATION OF UK SOLDIERS
Exeter Symphony Orchestra
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1
violin soloist: Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Exeter Philharmonic Choir
Hubert Parry: 'I was glad'
Johannes Brahms: Requiem
('How lovely are thy dwellings')
Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Tickets: premium nave £75
(includes Chapter House reception)
middle nave: £30 rear nave: £20
aisles: £10-18
Box Office: 01392 492650
southwest@soldierscharity.org







Richard Alston
The Return of
Richard Alston Dance Company
Exeter Northcott Theatre

Tue/Wed 26/27 February 7.30pm
NEW BALLET TO CLASSIC THEMES
"Madcap" (Bang on a Can All-Stars - NY)
"Buzzing Round the Hunnisuccle" (Jo Kondo)
- 'Isthmus' = rapid light rhythms
- 'Hunnisuccle' = calm hushed chords
"The Devil in the Detail" (Scott Joplin)
- 'Maple Leaf Rag' &' The Entertainer'
Tickets: £10.50-£18.50 (student £8)
Northcott Box Office 01392 493493
Northcott website  Richard Alston website




piano: Michèle Banting
baritone: Iain McDonald
Glenorchy Lunchtime Concerts
Glenorchy Church Exmouth
Wednesday 27 February 12.30am
PIANO & BARITONE
piano: Michèle Banting
baritone: Iain McDonald
Admission FREE









Griselda Sanderson
Nyckelharpa
Villages in Action
The Red Lion Shobrooke
Wednesday 27 February 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF BLUES
Violin: Amadou Diagne
Nyckelharpa: Griselda Sanderson
Tickets: £6
details Leslie Hampson 01363 775468
Amadou & Griselda's Facebook page








Marion Wood conducts
Exeter Music Group
Symphony Orchestra
EMG Symphony Orchestra
St Peter's School, Exeter
Thursday 28 February 7.30pm
for the SPRING CONCERT
Celebrating Russian Music
(Exeter Cathedral - Thursday 25 April 7.30pm)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sergei Rachmaninov: Die Toteninsel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony
All are welcome - especially school groups!
Orchestra website







James MacMillan

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Exeter University Great Hall
Thursday 28 February 7.30pm
EASTER FESTIVAL
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto 4
Richard Wagner: Parsifal Good Friday Music
James MacMillan: The World's Ransoming
conductor: James Macmillan
Piano soloist: Juho Pohjonen

Pre-Concert Talk 6.40-7.10pm
Juho Pohjonen
(Andrew Burn in the Peter Chalk Centre)

Tickets: £12-36
Exeter Phoenix Box Office: 01392 667080
book online

BSO website









Dartington Community Choir
Dartington Community Choir
Studio 6, Dartington Space
Saturday 2 March 9.30am-5.30pm
& Dartington Great Hall
Sunday 3 March 9.30am-5.30pm
BACH'S ST MATTHEW PASSION
- a weekend workshop -
conductor: Jonathan Watts
160 voice choir & full orchestra
Price: £45
Information and booking:
workshop@dartington-community-choir.co.uk






Marimba: Edward Scull


Isca Orchestra & Edward Scull
Sidmouth Parish Church
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
Conductor: Roger Hendy
Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Egmont' Overture
Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Marimba & Strings
(Special Guest: Edward Scull - marimba)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 7
Tickets: £12/£10 (student £5)
advance booking: 01395 514516
Isca Website






St David's Church, Exeter
Exeter Chamber Choir
St David's Church Exeter
Saturday 2 March 7.30pm
PRAISE AND GLORY
Antonio Vivaldi: 'Gloria'
George F Handel: 'Dixit Dominus'
Johannes S Bach: Viola da Gamba
Sonata in G minor (Andrew Gillett)
String orchestra with oboe & trumpet
Conductor: Andrew Daldorph
Tickets: £12 (student £6 child FREE)
Keith Wainwright: 01404 813014
online booking form
Choir website






Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie

Nonclassical
Knightley Hall, Streatham Drive
Exeter University Campus
Sunday 3 March 1pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
- AN OPEN WORKSHOP
Bring your own instruments and join:
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
Tickets: £5 - for workshop and
evening performance (see below - 8pm)
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066
emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog






Rachel Smith & Schola Exe
Schola Exe
Exeter Cathedral Quire
Sunday 3 March 2pm
mixed 40 minute recital with the
Cathedral Choir Choral Scholars
Admission: FREE
retiring collection

Schola Exe website



Orlando Jopling
'Cello Pilgimage
St Michael & All Angels Alphington
Sunday 3 March 6pm
'cello: Orlando Jopling
[Oralndo has now given over 75 recitals of Bach's Suites for solo 'cello around the country, thrilling his audiences and halping to raise £55,000 for restoration of their churches. He has been invited to play at St Michael's in aid of the Reordering Appeal, aas the facilities of this lovely mediaeval church badly need updating.
He is musical director fo the 140-year-old Royal Orchestral Society in London and has also conducted the English Chamber Orchestra both in the recording studio and on the concert platform, London Mozart PlayersIrish Chamber Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has conducted over 25 opera productions and co-founded Stanley Hall Opera and contemporary opera specialist 'Tête à Tête'.]

J S Bach: D & G major 'Cello Suites
John Barber: 'Cello Songs
Doors open 5.45pm
Wine and refreshments provided
Tickets: £8 (2 tickets £15)
Juliet Meadowcroft 01392 490963
meadowcroft42@btinternet.com







Exeter Contemporary Sounds
Emma Welton, Julie Hill,
Andrew Gillett, Jane Pirie
Nonclassical
Exeter Bikeshed Theatre
Sunday 3 March 8pm
EXETER CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS
(see 'Buried Treasure' June 2012)
Steve Reich: Diff'rent Trains
Violins: Julie Hill & Emma Welton
Viola: Andrew Gillett
'Cello: Jane Pyrie
DJ sets by Michael Brailey
Tickets: £5
details: Emma Welton 01392 257066

emma.welton@phonecoop.coop
Exeter Contemporary Sounds blog








Coffee House Players
City Gate Cellar Bar
Tuesday-Saturday 5-9 March 7.30pm
'PRIME' (based on 'Delicatessen')
Tickets: £5 from 'Eventbrite'
Coffee House Players Facebook page